Nope, he’s running scared. The detail is in the hyphen. “Man eating octopus” is in panel 3… literally a man eating an octopus. “Man-eating octopus” (with the “-” hyphen), switches the meaning around, to an octopus that eats man (or pigs). RUN AWAY!!!
To be, or not to be. Depends on where you live? Personally, I use “It needs to be washed”. Several years ago I read some article that had “needs washed”, and figured the editor just accidentally left out a couple of words, or meant “needs washing”. Saw it a few more times, went searching, and found it’s considered “normal” in some parts of the US.
Eh just a different “angle”. Brad’s head blocked the blue picture at first. But the fireplace bricks did get rearranged. No cut-n-paste for this artist.
Nope, he’s running scared. The detail is in the hyphen. “Man eating octopus” is in panel 3… literally a man eating an octopus. “Man-eating octopus” (with the “-” hyphen), switches the meaning around, to an octopus that eats man (or pigs). RUN AWAY!!!